弥

See also: 彌 and 瀰

弥 U+5F25, 弥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F25 ← 弤 [U+5F24] CJK Unified Ideographs 弦 → [U+5F26]

Translingual

Japanese	弥
Simplified	弥
Traditional	彌

Han character

弥 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓弓火 (NNF), composition ⿰弓尔(G) or ⿰弓尓(JHKT))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 357, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9753
• Dae Jaweon: page 674, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 993, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5F25

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
妳	*rneːlʔ
弥	*mnel
尒	*njelʔ
尔	*njelʔ
迩	*njelʔ
你	*nɯʔ
苶	*neːb, *njed, *neːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mnel) : semantic 弓 (“bow”) + phonetic 尔 (OC *njelʔ)

Usage recorded as early the 6th century, found in the Yupian《玉篇》, which was used interchangeably with 彌.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 弥 – see 彌 (“to relax a bow; to fill; to cover; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 彌).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 弥 – see 瀰 (“full; overflowing; deep; expansive; full; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 瀰).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	弥
Kyūjitai	彌

Kanji

弥

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 彌)

1. go across; span; cover
2. widely, extensively; far and wide
3. increasingly; more and more
4. for a long time; forever

Readings

• Go-on: み (mi)
• Kan-on: び (bi)
• Kun: や (ya, 弥, Jōyō)、ひさしい (hisashii, 弥しい)、わたる (wataru, 弥る)、あまねし (amaneshi, 弥し)、いよいよ (iyoiyo, 弥)

Etymology 1

Proper noun

弥(わたる) • (Wataru) 

1. a male given name

Etymology 2

Affix

弥(み) • (mi) 

1. Used in transliterations.

Korean

Hanja

弥 (eum 미 (mi))

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